By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility BREMERTON, Wash.,
USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 16, 2021, after more than a year and a half in Dry Dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.
According to Melissa Kittrell, assistant project superintendent, Code 327, Operations Department Submarine Program, PSNS & IMF mechanics got to work on Michigan as soon as it was nested on Pier 6, May 22, 2019. They were able to begin relief valve testing and begin preparations to transition from ship’s systems to shore power, before it was moved into dry dock July 9.